The user ID of runner user on larger runners, used to execute github jobs, will change from 1000 to 1001. This will match the UID on standard runners.
Target date
December 09, 2024.
The motivation for the changes
Users can hit permission issues when swapping workflows between larger and standard runners, especially with certain container operations.
Impact
For larger runners the runner user ID will be changed to 1001 to make it consistent with standard runners.
Any larger runners workflows that take a hard dependency on the exact value of the runner UID, currently 1000, will need to be updated. We recommend resolving the UID at run time to ensure you always have the correct value.
Dajcsi
commented
1 week ago
Breaking changes
The user ID of
runneruser on larger runners, used to execute github jobs, will change from1000to1001. This will match the UID on standard runners.Target date
December 09, 2024.
The motivation for the changes
Users can hit permission issues when swapping workflows between larger and standard runners, especially with certain container operations.
Impact
For larger runners the
runneruser ID will be changed to 1001 to make it consistent with standard runners.Any larger runners workflows that take a hard dependency on the exact value of the runner UID, currently 1000, will need to be updated. We recommend resolving the UID at run time to ensure you always have the correct value.
Platforms affected
Runner images affected
Mitigation ways
N/A